Consultant in Rheumatology

Consultant in Rheumatology

The closing date is 26 March 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Division of Medicine to work within Rheumatology as a consultant to work alongside our 3 existing consultants, specialist pharmacist and CNS team. It is a full‑time post based on a 10 PA contract, although less than full‑time would be considered.

The Trust is based on two acute sites with Rheumatology outpatient services on each site. The postholder would be encouraged to develop a subspecialty interest as we are keen to develop our services further for our patient population and support would be provided to for this.

The successful applicant will form part of our Rheumatology Consultant team, providing outpatient services across the two Trust sites. Successful candidates will be expected to cover work across both sites providing outpatient services but are also supported with work from home as service needs permit.

Applicants must be on the General Medical Council Specialist Register. In accordance with the regulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the GMC Specialist Register to be considered for a consultant appointment by the Advisory Appointments Committee. Applicants must continue to hold a Licence to Practice.

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

The Trust wishes to ensure that Consultants have time in their job plan to undertake Supporting Professional Activities which underpin and maintain high quality patient care. The Trust Board and Local Negotiating Committee have agreed that a Core allocation of 1.5 SPAs should be allocated to undertake CPD, appraisal, clinical supervision, audit and clinical governance, mandatory training and the general management of the service.

Objectives should be agreed at the Job Plan review meeting with regards to this SPA.

Please see job description and person specification for further information.

Please see the attached person spec and job description for a full description of the role and responsibilities.

• MRCP or equivalent
• All applicants must have Specialist registration for Rheumatology (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK) but consideration will be given to applicants with relevant consultant level experience or trainees in a UK training scheme who are within 6 months of attaining specialist registration.
• Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise
• Relevant higher degree (MD or PhD degree)

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of Rheumatology
• Evidence of ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of all patients presenting to the Rheumatology Department
• Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
• Understanding current issues within and the future direction of the specialty
• Attendance at a recognised management course
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
• Experience/willingness to learn Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (added by OS)

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
• Attendance…